Hey 🍟 lovers, Belgium needs your help
Belgium needs international backup in its campaign to munch through a daunting mountain of unexported potatoes that has built up during the coronavirus pandemic.
Frozen fries account for about 75 percent of the nation's potato processing, and the sector has been especially hit hard now that restaurants and bars are in lockdown all over the world. The sector fears the worst as the restaurants and bars will be the last to reopen as restrictions are lifted, and large summer events such as festivals and sports matches are being canceled — usually big"Our entire sector is facing a big crisis.
"When one part of the market collapses, that is normally compensated elsewhere. Now, the out-of-home market has completely collapsed worldwide ... We are a sector with low margins and rely on large volumes. If volumes don't go up, the entire sector is in trouble."
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